Karnataka allows dignified death for terminally ill patients

"We have also come out with an Advance Medical Directive (AMD), or a living will, in which a patient can record their wishes about their medical treatment in the future," he said.  

This important step, according to the minister, will bring great relief and a dignified sense of closure to many families and individuals, reports PTI.

"Karnataka is a progressive state and we are always at the forefront in upholding liberal and equitable values for a more and just society," he added.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court modified the slew of directions regarding advance medical directives or living wills issued in its 2018 judgment, where the legal validity of passive euthanasia had been upheld. While considering an application by the Indian Council for Critical Care Medicine, which argued that the 2018 guidelines had become virtually unenforceable because of the complexity of the procedure, a Constitution Bench comprising Justices K.M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy, and C.T. Ravikumar passed the modification order on January 24, 2023. 

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